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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

ба́бушка

noun, feminine, animate
Partner де́душка
somewhat often used word (top 2000)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

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grandmother

Also: grandmamma, grandma, granny

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Ба́бушка у Тома совсем стару́шка. Tom's grandmother is a very old woman.
Моя́ ба́бушка пропа́лывала сорняки́ на за́днем дворе́. My grandmother was pulling up weeds in her backyard.
Ду́маю, ба́бушка Тома слишком стара́, чтобы носи́ть мини-ю́бку. I think Tom's grandmother is too old to wear a miniskirt.
Я подарю́ ба́бушке руба́шку на Рождество́. I'll give grandma a shirt for Christmas.
Твоя́ ба́бушка зна́чила много для тебя, не так ли? Your grandmother meant a lot to you, didn't she?
Его ба́бушка вы́глядит здоро́вой. His grandmother looks healthy.
Сколько лет вашей ба́бушке? How old is your grandmother?
Я живу́ с ма́мой, бра́том, ба́бушкой и де́душкой. I live with my mother, brother and my grandparents.
Она прово́дит ка́ждое воскресе́нье со свое́й ба́бушкой. She spends time with her grandmother every Sunday.
Смерть мое́й ба́бушки ста́ла большим шо́ком. The death of my grandmother was a great shock.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ба́бушка	ба́бушки
gen. genitive	ба́бушки	ба́бушек
dat. dative	ба́бушке	ба́бушкам
acc. accusative	ба́бушку	ба́бушек
inst. instrumental	ба́бушкой ба́бушкою	ба́бушками
prep. prepositional	ба́бушке	ба́бушках